MEGA LIST: MBA Fee At 40 Top Australian B-Schools

In what ought to be good news for those planning to join MBA courses in Australia, there has been only marginal increase in average fees for 2016.

Having recorded a hike of more than 8% (from $40,671 in 2014 to $44,200 in 2015), the average MBA for full fee paying domestic students increased only marginally to $44,866 in 2016.

Melbourne Business School, which increased its fees to $81,400 from $79,000 in 2015, retaines the top position offering the country’s most expensive MBA. On the second spot is The University of New South Wales (Australian Graduate School of Management) at $77,760 and Macquarie University’s Macquarie Graduate School of Management on the third at $76,000, says MBA News.

Having recorded a hike of more than 8% (from $40,671 in 2014 to $44,200 in 2015), the average MBA for full fee paying domestic students increased only marginally to $44,866 in 2016.

New entrant Ducere (University of Canberra) has a course fee of $30,000 while Torrens University (Chiefley Business School) in its debut MBA course is charging $ 27,000 (12 courses at $2,250 per course).

Incidentally, Torrens is the third cheapest by way of fees being charged for MBA courses. The Australian Institute of Business continues to be the cheapest at $21,780. On the second spot is Edith Cowan University at $26,550.

2016 MBA Fee At 40 Top Australian B-Schools

University of Melbourne (Melbourne Business School)

$81,400

University of New South Wales (AGSM)

$77,760

Macquarie University (MGSM)

$76,000

University of Western Australia

$68,500

University of Technology Sydney

$61,344

Monash University

$61,200

University of Sydney Business School

$60,000

Australian National University

$58,560

University of Queensland

$54,480

University of Adelaide

$54,000

QUT Business School

$53,400

La Trobe University

$48,900

Griffith University

$48,000

Deakin University

$48,000

Charles Sturt University

$48,000

RMIT University

$47,520

Ducere (University of Canberra)

$45,000

University of Wollongong (Sydney Business School)

$44,928

University of Western Sydney

$44,000

University of South Australia

$43,200

Australian Institute of Management

$40,000

CQUniversity

$38,000

Southern Cross University

$37,440

Federation University (FedUni)

$37,200

Swinburne University of Technology

$36,600

Curtin University

$35,600

Murdoch University

$34,920

Australian Catholic University

$34,740

Victoria University

$33,151

University of the Sunshine Coast

$33,120

Flinders University

$31,140

University of Newcastle

$30,879

University of Southern Queensland

$29,160

University of Canberra

$28,680

Chifley Business School MBA

$28,344

University of New England

$27,984

Torrens University (at Chifley Business School)

$27,000

Edith Cowan University

$26,550

Source – B-School websites and brochures

Disclaimer: The fees list is only a general guide for domestic Australian students, sourced from publicly available information or individual universities and business schools. Fees for international students may be different.

While we have tried to ensure accuracy, please refer to B-School’s websites and brochures for current, updated and accurate information which may be different due to fee revisions, changes in course credit requirements etc.

Where schools have not provided full degree fees OneYearMBA has made a judgement on the full degree costs extrapolated from fee for individual courses needed to complete a course or time required to complete a course. In the former case, the current year indicative fee has been extrapolated over the course period.

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